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Greeks thought the Earth was round and that the stars/planets were features of the Celestial Spheres. Egyptians believed the world was flat, the sky was the Goddess Nut's belly, & that the day night cycle came from her continually eating & rebirthing the sun. What did Ptolemaic Egyptians believe?

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The Romans had slaves farm estates owned by the wealthy, in the Middle Ages peasants farmed the land in Europe. When Rome fell how abrupt was the transition?

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When was the bible First translated into Japanese?

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Would Greek mythology (I'm thinking particularly of the Iliad) have been known in Rome before they conquered Greace?

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Are the Norse gods and Roman gods at all related mythologies?

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when I was a child my family travelled to the top Teide (the volcano on Tenerife), the gift shop there had a mural that depicted the Guanches like stereotypical caveman (IE animal skin wearing hunter gatherers). is that at all close to what they were really like before the spanish showed up?

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why was Hudson Bay called a "bay" when it's larger than a lot of seas? why isn't the Mediterranean called called a "bay"?

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how much more extensive would the forest cover of Europe have been in 1664BC, than today?

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in Game of thrones the Dothraki eat horse meat when they run out of pillaged food. what meats would real horse riding nomads, such as the Huns or Mongols, have eaten regularly?

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would having been born to working class parents be much of a hindrance to political advancement one hundred years ago in England, even if you were as educated as your aristocratic opponents?

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Greeks thought the Earth was round and that the stars/planets were features of the Celestial Spheres. Egyptians believed the world was flat, the sky was the Goddess Nut's belly, & that the day night cycle came from her continually eating & rebirthing the sun. What did Ptolemaic Egyptians believe?	9	AskHistorians
The Romans had slaves farm estates owned by the wealthy, in the Middle Ages peasants farmed the land in Europe. When Rome fell how abrupt was the transition?	9	AskHistorians
When was the bible First translated into Japanese?	9	AskHistorians
Would Greek mythology (I'm thinking particularly of the Iliad) have been known in Rome before they conquered Greace?	9	AskHistorians
Are the Norse gods and Roman gods at all related mythologies?	9	AskHistorians
when I was a child my family travelled to the top Teide (the volcano on Tenerife), the gift shop there had a mural that depicted the Guanches like stereotypical caveman (IE animal skin wearing hunter gatherers). is that at all close to what they were really like before the spanish showed up?	9	AskHistorians
why was Hudson Bay called a "bay" when it's larger than a lot of seas? why isn't the Mediterranean called called a "bay"?	9	AskHistorians
how much more extensive would the forest cover of Europe have been in 1664BC, than today?	8	AskHistorians
in Game of thrones the Dothraki eat horse meat when they run out of pillaged food. what meats would real horse riding nomads, such as the Huns or Mongols, have eaten regularly?	8	AskHistorians
would having been born to working class parents be much of a hindrance to political advancement one hundred years ago in England, even if you were as educated as your aristocratic opponents?	8	AskHistorians